May 28 2010
Old shoes provide brief hope in Hanoi
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For millions of Hanoian residents, old shoes are nothing more than junk, to be deposited in the city’s foul-smelling tips, but for the less fortunate, they are a threadbare line to hope.
Among the thousands of migrants workers looking for a better future in the capital city, some have found no other option but to scavenge the dumps for anything that can be cleaned or recycled

